I do not agree. this community exist because we support it. If there is such an obvious propaganda I feel I should talk about it. Also I ve talked to the mods, at first they denied they removed the comments, then they said to me that I ve written things I actually have not, and at last they went to the thread to post that "Please note - there are a number of deleted comments in this thread. These comments have been deleted by the commenters, not mods or admins." This is propaganda. If you feel that it's ok I strongly disagree. If I were a mod though I wouldn't remove your comment.

well, I find it propagandistic. I thought I should share my thoughts with you. the father and daughter theme is used IMO to make us army men to look sympathetic. Imagine if a picture of Muslims in army uniform holding their babies is posted in r/aww. It wouldn't last a second, and that's too sad.

the thread is political. there is uniform. this is a declared us army soldier. to some people this is not aww at all, and they have the right to post it. the thread were not even posted in r/aww in the beginning. why every voice that pointed out that it wasn't r/aww stuff is muted? I haven't posted or read any political comments in other pictures of cats or babies in r/aww.

some people were insulted by the fact that us army men are posted in pages such as r/aww. the same people could have lost their children due to us army. r/aww is not a place for any kind of uniforms IMO, but it gets really strange and dangerous when voices that notice this, are muted.

exactly as it is to post propaganda thread into non political subreddits. then removing the post underlining it, it is like pissing in the pool, somebody shouting stop doing it and as an answer piss on his face.

if you like to see posts about the the look in the eyes of the soldier and stories from guys who became fathers while they were away from home, make a subreddit like armyaww or militaryparethood or sth. r/aww is about everything the world believes it s cute. not a specific part of people. have you ever noticed any political comments in cats' pictures? no.

removing opposing political comments in a political thread, posted in a non political subreddit? is that what you wish for reddit, to mute common sense when it's not convenient? why not open a dialogue?

if a page as r/aww starts to have american military propaganda posts while censoring, without being legitimated by reddiquete, the opposing comments, it will slowly turn r/aww to a subreddit such as r/military or r/army, only with a different and misleading name. To ban opposing voices in a political post by its nature, it's highly concerning. I should add here that the specific thread was posted by a one day account and one of the first comments recommended it as an r/aww material. Then almost every comment that underlined that it was propagandistic and provided links and arguments were removed. As I said I am highly concerned. I believe we make reddit community and we have the responsibility about it. I am here to discuss and make it better.

I just wanted to point out that much more inappropriate comments in other threads have never been removed but when a comment is of a specific political spectrum and has arguments and link to support it, it s vanished. On the top of this, provocative anti-American comments of immense shallowness can still be read. Of course moderators are up to decide. The discussion is about with what criteria they do.

most of them were not trolling. they were political comments that pointed out that a soldier carrying a baby is propagantistic and not at all aww when thousands of people are been killed in middle east.

no, they are not. I have a series of messages in my inbox from another mod that tries to prove me that my messages were removed because they were mean spirited and wished that the soldier dies and her daughter cries, something I have never written (or secretly wished). The huge removal has IMO clearly propagandistic and political target and has not been made by the commenters.

apparently I (and many other "deleted" comments) have no room to be expressed. anyway, it will be published, even if this account will be eliminated. it is already print screened.
as for free speech, I wouldn't 've said anything if the guy wouldn't wear uniform. it is obviously propaganda and to my eyes this is unacceptable.

I m copying the message I sent to the moderators.
"dear moderators, a comment that I have not deleted myself is deleted in the tread "http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/saf9g/my_husband_meeting_our_5_week_old_daughter_for/". as a result a series of comments is hidden and not able to be read. I thought reddit actually was about free speech. do you have different opinion? The fact that my comment is deleted (as much of the other "deleted" comments I assume) without me having nothing to do with it, as long with this message and your answer will be posted in reddit. thank you."